HDP 2.3.2 and HBase 0.98 Compatibility

[#1]

We are currently in the process of upgrading to HDP 2.3.2 (not finalized) and I've noticed something in the HDP 2.3.2 documentation that is concerning. Here https://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.3.0/bk_installing_manually_book/content/install... it states that to use the HBase Sink with HDP 2.3.2 you need to have HBase 0.98 running but this is not what comes with the platform. My question is two parts 1) Does this documentation indicate that the HBase Sink is not compatible with HBase version 1.1.2 that comes with HDP 2.3.2? (or is it saying HBase must be at least version 0.98?) 2) When installing HDP 2.3.2 can you opt to not upgrade HBase and leave it at the current version?

[#2]

@Ted Yu So to use the version of Flume supplied with HDP 2.3 I need to be using HBase 0.94. Alternatively I could potentially use Flume 1.6 with the 1.1.2 version of HBase supplied with HDP 2.3?

[#3]

I have sent an email to Roshan who is more familiar with Flume component.

[#4 · Accepted solution]

The doc should really not say anything about the HBase version there... as all HDP components are tested work with each other within a release. However, in this case "0.98 and above" would have been a better way to phrase it.